Question

What form or rule is demonstrated in this sentence? Some people try to slalom when the water is calm, yet that is when many accidents occur.

comma before an interjection
comma linking two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
comma fragment

Answer 1

comma linking two independent clauses joined by a conjunction

Answer 2

The correct answer that follow the rule is “comma linking two independent clauses joined by a conjunction”. If the connector “yet” separate two independent clauses, a comma is needed before the conjunction.